Banco Sabadell | According to Bloomberg, Iberdrola is in the final stages of bidding for a portfolio of renewable assets from Neoen in Victoria (Australia). The portfolio would consist of three operating assets: a 125 MW solar farm, a 194 MW wind farm and a 20 MW battery storage system and a 300 MW battery. Assessment: News of limited impact pending to know if Iberdrola finally acquires the assets, which…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | Iberdrola (IBE) and Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Emirate’s renewable energy group, have completed the installation of wind turbines at the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, the two companies announced on Wednesday. A total of 50 turbines with a capacity of 476 MW have been installed. This project is part of the strategic agreement between the two companies. When fully operational, Baltic Eagle, which is already connected to the…
Banco Sabadell: According to press reports, the company will revise upwards its investment forecasts in the UK until 2028, to £24,000 million (approximately €28,000 million) compared to the €14,000 million planned so far. This update is due to the significant growth prospects for energy demand in the UK and energy policies aimed at electrification; two thirds of the investment will be in networks. Assessment: Positive news with limited impact, highlighting…
Iberdrola plans to announce investments of £24 billion (over €28 billion) between the current fiscal year and 2028 in the UK, double what it was considering a few months ago. This will be communicated by the president of IBE, Ignacio Sánchez Galán, to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the coming hours. The acquisition of the Electricity North West group for €5 billion has prompted this upward adjustment in…
Link Securities | Avangrid, a US subsidiary of Iberdrola (IBE), has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a $425mcapacity contract for its Aroostook renewable project, according to Bolsamania. The DOE announcement comes as the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) prepares to issue a request for proposals for transmission lines to connect 1,200 MW of renewable energy to the New England power grid in Maine. The generation…
Morgan Stanley’s Rob Pulleyn reviews global energy demand figures and his growth estimates. Demand has tripled since 1980 and Rob believes that by 2030 we will continue to see strong growth, 26% faster (especially ex China). Rob believes that this boost to demand will mean an increase in energy prices of 20-25% vs 2019 and therefore an improvement in returns for power generation companies that would drive them to record…
Iberdrola, with €45.153 billion in debt at the end of the first half, has just completed the largest senior bond issuance in its history, raising €2.15 billion in the markets. This is the eighth financial operation—between loans and bond issuances—that the company led by Ignacio Galán has carried out this year, totaling €5.925 billion.The senior bond issuance closed this Monday will, according to the company itself, finance its expansion in…
Link Securities | Iberdrola (IBE) has inaugurated on Thursday in Brittany the Saint-Brieuc wind farm in France, one of the first two in the country, with 496 MW of capacity and an annual production of 2 million megawatt hours (MWh), as reported on Thursday by Bolsamania.com. This will provide safe, indigenous and emission-free energy to nearly one million people. With an investment of €2.4 billion, the project began to be…
Bankinter | Iberdrola is finalising an agreement with a large investment fund or group of funds to launch a subsidiary specialising in the data centre business. It intends to turn this subsidiary, which it has initially christened CPD4Green, into the largest European hub to house data centres and processing for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Its intention is to close the operation of incorporating a partner before mid-2025. Iberdrola’s objective, unlike other…
Bankinter | According to press sources, Qatar’s state investment fund (Qatar Investment Authority) wants to increase its stake in Iberdrola. Qatar’s representatives have reportedly been sounding out the Spanish government to gauge its predisposition to such a corporate move. Qatar entered Iberdrola in March 2011 with just over 6% in a €2 billion transaction and through a capital increase. It later increased its stake to the current 8.7%. The value…